Here we are with Issue #3 of GWNtertainment magazine. How do you like us so far? We’re catching and reporting all the Canadian music ephemera that may have evaded your gaze in the last week. Here’s the stuff that caught our attention on this, the 50th anniversary week of Canadian content on radio!
Archive for Paul James
The Stories Behind the Songs – Part Two
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alex Vincenzi, Alistair Taylor, Beethoven, Bell Canada, Billy Talent, Blue Monday, Bob Segarini, Brian Blade, Cameron House, Cardiff University, Carly Simon, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, Cleave Anderson, Cliff Arnall, Dave Murphy Band, David Celia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop & Roll, ELP, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Esperanza Spalding, Indian Handcraft, Jace Traz, Jason Wilson and The Perennials, Lawrie Ingles, Let's Talk, Linsmore Tavern, Maharishi, Mark Murphy, Matt Groopie, Max Roach, My Psycho Ex, ONERUN, Orbit Room, Pat Blythe, Paul James, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Robbie Burns, Sam Taylor, Shoes.com, Sky Travel, Stop, System of Down, The Beatles, Tim Jackson, UG3, Zaynab Wilson on January 25, 2017 by segarini
It’s snowing!!!! Not those big, fat, fluffy flakes where one can almost cover your face. But it’s snowing…. Sigh. The grey, dull days of January with just a mere hint that the sun actually exists…..which begs the question, why doesn’t Bell Canada hold their “Let’s Talk” campaign on Blue Monday? That makes infinitely more sense than say, Robbie Burns Day. Why in heaven’s name would you pick the 25th of January for mental health awareness??? According to a number of sources, the term “Blue Monday” was coined by holiday company Sky Travel in a 2005 press release. Cliff Arnall, at the time a tutor at Cardiff University, had come up with a light-hearted formula to determine the most depressing day of the year which commonly falls on the third Monday in January. It’s now a worldwide phenomena. Everyone has jumped on the bandwagon and the term is used repeatedly by companies and organizations (there’s even a BlueMonday.org) and stories in all sorts of media abound. Newspapers recommend taking the day off, there are various sites that will calculate, on a yearly basis, which Monday is going to be “blue” so you can prepare…..the power of suggestion. Although the entire idea is considered pseudoscience by the scientific community, Blue Monday is not going away anytime soon. Did you know mosquitoes are attracted to the colour blue twice as much as any other colour?
Pat Blythe: For The Love Of The Guitar
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Adolph Rickenbacker, Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, chartar, chitarra, classical guitar, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fanny, George Beauchamp, guitarra battente, Heart, Jeff Jones, Joan Jett, Julian Taylor, June Millington, Lee-La Baum, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Liona Boyd, Loretta Lynn, Matt Lazy, Memphis Minnie, Michael Zweig, Nancy Wilson, O.W. Appleton, Orville Gibson, Paul Bigsby, Paul James, quitarra, Rob Robbins, Sam Taylor, sanskrit, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, solid-body, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Suzi Quatro, The Lazys on July 20, 2016 by segarini
Tuesdays are “writing day”…..supposedly. Then all hell breaks loose. Why can’t it be on Monday, or even Wednesday AFTER I’ve filed my column? Deep breath…..inhale. It’s the exhale I sometimes forget. Okay, crank up the music. Ah, there’s nothing a little two-step around the kitchen floor that won’t cure whatever ails ya. ….and breathe….. Way behind on photo reviews and albums, so much to do, so little time. …and now for the column, something a little different.
Pat Blythe – Time Flies…Music Soars
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", AHI, Avery Florence, Bob Segarini, Brighid Fry, Countermeasure, Danny Marks, DBAWIS, drake hotel, Gary Grey, GIG, Harper's Landing, Herb Alpert, Hugh's Room, Ian Janes, Jane Harbury, Jazz Bistro, Jeff Burke, Joe Bidali's, Kongero, Lula Lounge, Marysia Gonzalez, Michael Theodore, Michael Williams, Pat Blythe, Pat Kelly, Paul Armstrong, Paul James, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Taylor, Sandy Graham, SING! Toronto, The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival on February 17, 2016 by segarini
It’s my anniversary!!!! My one-year anniversary writing for DBAWIS!! I cannot believe how fast the time has flown and what a year it has been. A wild and woolly ride full of music, festivals, clubs, bars, a little G&T, dancing, more music and incredible people. Have you ever suddenly blinked and wondered, “Holy shit, what just happened? WHAT the HELL has just happened?” My life, as I knew it, has inexorably changed….almost transformed….I blinked.
Pat Blythe: Synchronicity….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags BB King's Blues Club, Bermuda Tavern, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bovine Sex Club, CBC, Cracked, David MacMichael, DBAWIS, Degrassi, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't Go Giving Me Love, Dr John, East End Love, EMAC Studios, Fanshawe College, Free FM 98.1, Girl With A Camera, Glenn Hill, Hard Rock Café, Hugh's Room, Jace Traz, Jeff Healey, Juno, Lick'n Stick Records, Lightin' Hopkins, Linsmore Tavern, Maple Blues Award, Mink DeVille, Mo Berg, Neil Young, Netherlands Music School, Pat Blythe, Pat Kelly, Paul James, Peter Genrick, Phoenix, Relish Bar & Grill, Rise 2 Fame, Robbie Lane and The Disciples, Rolling Stones, Sam Taylor, Seven44, Soundhouse Studio, Spencer Davis, The Animals, The Colonial, The Horseshoe, The Picture Taker, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Yardbirds, Western Fair on January 20, 2016 by segarini
Life happens (or maybe it occurs), either way my plans for today’s column were short circuited by a few happenstance events that tumbled into each other this past weekend. A visit, a text, a ticket, a song and two remarkable performances by two gifted artists. One who is just beginning on his journey and another who’s journey began over 50 years ago. This is the blues.
Segarini: Paul and Leon – On the Deck with Ducks
Posted in Opinion with tags Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Leon Rossell, music, Paul James, Randy Charlton, segarini, The Sound Academy, Toronto on October 7, 2012 by segariniThis originally ran in July of 2011 in an online magazine. Chick Singers etc Part 2 will run next Sunday. I apologize for the delay….this DOES contain a snippet of something we will be getting into in depth next Sunday.
I am not a critic. I’m especially not a Critic. I think the best way to criticize something you personally dislike, especially in the media, is to simply not mention it. Why give something credibility that grates against your grain like fingernails on a chalkboard or ketchup on a perfectly cooked slab of Prime Rib? Truth be told, I AM capable of being a highly sardonic, and mean spirited asshat when it comes to cutting someone or something off at the knees if I find it non-deserving. I do have an opinion, which I have no problem sharing with good friends (those who know me well and understand me and my sense of humour) around a kitchen table or after several drinks in a bar, but which I would rather not blurt out in public, (although occasionally, a really bad guy feeling or an elevated alcohol content will lead me to eviscerate a less-than-satisfying target if I find he, she, or it, annoying enough).
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 